A look back at history on this date
Emancipation Proclamation took effect, freeing slaves in Confederate states
Ellis Island opened as the main US immigration station
Fidel Castro took power in Cuba after the revolution
Czechoslovakia peacefully split into Czech Republic and Slovakia
Euro coins and banknotes entered circulation across Europe
J. Edgar Hoover
First FBI Director
J.D. Salinger
Author of The Catcher in the Rye
Frank Langella
Actor
Verne Troyer
Actor
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